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Cartier
Ref. 2351
Navette
A lady's fine yellow gold and diamond-set navette-shaped wristwatch
- Estimate
- HK$28,000 - 40,000
HK$27,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Cartier
- Year
- Circa 1999
- Reference No
- 2351
- Case No
- CC416837
- Model Name
- Navette
- Material
- 18k yellow gold and diamonds
- Calibre
- Quartz
- Bracelet/Strap
- Green <em>Cartier </em>crocodile leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Cartier </em>deployant buckle
- Dimensions
- 24 mm. width
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The Navette model features a particularly unique navette-shaped case encrusted with diamond-set bezel and crown. The dial is perfectly angled giving the watch a very exclusive yet sophisticated look.
Cartier
FrenchWith the Constitution of 1848 came a new standard for luxury in France. Founded one year prior by Louis-Francois Cartier, the house of Cartier was one of the first to use platinum in jewelry making. This incredibly expensive material became the stepping-stone for Cartier to experiment in form, mechanisms and attitude. It helped men move from pocket watches to wristwatches, effectively making the watch much more functional and prominent in a man's overall wardrobe.Cartier did not only touch on functionality. Inspired by a commissioned painting by George Barbier featuring a black panther at the feet of an elegantly bejeweled woman, Cartier began incorporating wild animals in his designs—most notably, Cartier Panthère rings, bangle bracelets and watches. Yet it wasn't until the late 1960s that the house of Cartier debuted their iconic yellow and rose gold LOVE collection, which includes the famous bracelet that only a special screwdriver can open.
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